EKC Sheppey Secondary
Secondary · Academy sponsor led · Ages 11–16 · Sheerness, Kent
Last distance offered · Year 7 2026
2.369 miles
Published by Kent County Council · offers on 2 March 2026
2025 figure 🔒
Nearby schools' earlier years 🔒
EKC Sheppey Secondary is a secondary school in Sheerness, Kent for ages 11–16 (academy sponsor led). Kent has published a last distance offered for this school for Year 7 2025 to 2026 entry.
EKC Sheppey Secondary catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Year 7 2026 | 2.369 mi |
| Year 7 2025 | 🔒 With a pass |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- The 2026 Year 7 last distance offered was 2.369 miles, nearer than in 2025 and the 25th shortest of 56 Kent secondary schools with a published last distance.
- Year 7 in 2026 drew 148 first-choice applications for 142 offers; 136 offers went to first-choice families, and 12 first-choice families (8%) were not offered a place.
- 61.8% of pupils are eligible for free school meals, against a middle figure of 28% across the 8 nearest secondary schools in Kent.
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Kent schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Marine Parade, Sheerness, ME12 2BE
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Ages
- 11–16
- Council
- Kent
- Pupils on roll
- 542 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 61.8% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 15.9
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade
Applications and offers
- 2026 Year 7 entry: 148 first-preference applications, 142 offers in total, 136 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby secondary schools
Straight-line distance, in Kent.
- Leigh Academy Minster 1.3 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Westlands School 7.2 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Borden Grammar School 7.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- The Sittingbourne School 7.3 mi Good Last distance published
- Highsted Grammar School 7.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Fulston Manor School 7.5 mi Requires improvement Last distance published
- Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School 9.8 mi Good Last distance published
- The Abbey School 10.2 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published